Hey, ILB, I served my country on active duty overseas, too, except I don’t brag about it, nor try to use it to “intimidate” or “impress” people with my “combat skills.” lol.

And by the way, if our national defense is down to clowns like your Little Buddy “Wicky” defending this nation, it’s time to scramble for a permanent cot in Somalia, or some place where it is, you know – SAFE! Because if that’s the case this country is truly down to “Third World” status, sooner than we have been thinking.

With all kind of medical permissions, still first game for Staal hence elevated higher risk – inevitable bad ice, unpredictable gusting wind and predictable philthy hyenas bunch on a head’s hunt. Bad, unnecessary decision in my book.( even if McD still have a flu).

For those of you who like the overs (and the total is five goals), take it because the “Little Whistles” are going to be blowing like Moby Whale all day for TV mug time, so we will have power play/PK time, galore.

For those of you who like the unders, take it because with all the whistle-tooting and network commerical time-outs, which will rival the game for equal time, there will be no flow to the game.

So that whatever you like, overs or unders, take it because it’s a good bet you will win!

For me personally, all brouhaha around this totally overhyped and cheaply commercialized event they call WC is so oversaturated, that leaves a dry carsillo in residue. Hope at least it will be worth a Win.

Boom Baby
“clowns” duly noted! (let me take off my big red nose before I continue), while it is truly great that you served and a sincere thank you for it. You are so off base here it isn’t even comical. I made a comment about a song with religious overtones that SHOULD NOT IMHO be played instead of the National Anthem at the beginning of the game (but it is philly, so of course they are screwy). You then go straight to personal insults in your initial response and insinuate lack of “patriotism” in said response.

Therefore, I replied with a statement that I thought would hopefully put an end to that line of thought for you. I have clearly underestimated your level of ignorance with your last post and your apparent over zealous mythological beliefs as well.

To each their own and freedom of speech. Those are some of the reason we serve!

Now on another note and I am going to keep this clean for carp and everyone else here, but I have never once glorified ANYTHING about combat nor do I even discuss it for that matter.

And also a nice big FU you disrespectful, ignorant, POS from every single person serving in the military right now..(i’m paraphrasing a bit)

And what’s wrong with a Philadelphia accent? I have one and my best “Little Buddy” at the French Line in NYC, where we both worked, used to tell me how much he envied it. (Given his Brooklyn-Jewish accent, that was well understood.)

My “Little Buddy” Jack from Brooklyn used to tease me about the way I pronounced “Boom Boom” (as in Geoffrion, in those days), and the word “because,” which I pronounce “Be – Cuz” not “Be – Cawwwwse” or something, like a caw caw bird. Hey, I really didn’t fit in there, either. lol.

Can you imagine me, with my personality and Philadelphia accent working for 10 years in offices in New York City? It was tough on everybody, not just me. lol.

hey guys. cant wait for this game to start. i think staal in the lineup is bad move. he hasnt played a game since last april. he will probably not do any better than woywitka would have since hes been playing and conditioned. shouldve started him in fla if he was this close.get a full game in first.

i pick wicky to beat boom boom’s boom boom. of course, i dont know if bom boom is a heavyweight like wick or a trained assassin. but it should make for a great fight. an then we can all hug and drink beer together and sing the kazakstan national anthem

Good question, Staal Wart. I didn’t know there is another team involved. If there is, there shouldn’t be. This is all about Philadelphia, the city so nice they named it once. Just trying to come up with new ways to honor Philly in NYC today.

I’m not sure inserting Staal into the lineup today is the greatest move either, but I am excited to see him back. I am just worried that an overhyped Flyer will do something stupid. Let’ GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m totally devastated; just learn that I can’t switch infinitively byfuglien TW to any other carrier in our coop building. Freakin’ monopoly? What happen with anti-trust law? Why came I in this country from soviets…expecting freedom of choice? What should I do to see my Rangers, whom I watched even being clinically dead! Where is Olga, when I need him/her, to folk all of them!

Glad to read that Torts went to Staal and asked him if he was ready to play, letting Staal know Torts wasn’t concerned with everyone else’s opinion. Because if there is one lesson the last few seasons has taught the NHL community it’s that players know what is best for them in these circumstances.

4ever – get the NHL package on NHL.com. You get every non-nationally televised game streaming live to your computer. Then if you want to, you can link your computer to your HD-TV. This is what I’ve done since moving to D.C. two years ago and it has worked great.

NY Ranger fan…. I don’t think they are rushing him but it scares me having him play his first game of the season outdoors and against the Flyers. I just don’t want a Crosby situation where he is out again with concussion like symptoms. This just scares me ALOT.

ILB, BOOM BOOM “dont call me mancini” Bathgate, and Wickets: giving all three of you a timeout…let it go..and lets enjoy our Rangers’…didnt the beatles tell us that all we needed was the love? why do you guys seem to find happiness in warm guns? …I know it is harder to be gentle and kind, but let’s try that… what does it say you guys? Duckbill doesn’t like fightings.

ILB, no joke, I am 300 miles upstate from NYC and we are blacked-out here, too, even on the NHL network online streaming service. Wish it were just 50 miles black-out range. We have to settle for Buffalo games, most of the time. That is painful soup.

“N.CountryNYRFAN January 2nd, 2012 at 2:24 pm
oh my god, the NHLN coverage is like a total Philly Love fest…i feel sick.”

You are so right! This should have been named the “Philly Classic” brought to you by the Ed Snider Hockey League. However, perhaps “slighting” the Rangers with the spotlight on the Filthy Flyers could be a good thing.

This game should have been in New York. What disrespect to an original six team. But hey, look who’s in charge, Big Man Buttman!!!!